Two arrested after assaults in Falmouth

FALMOUTH — A string of reported assaults, including one alleged attempt to shoot a man with a bow and arrow, led to the arrest of two Falmouth residents early Friday morning.

By SEAN F. DRISCOLL

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By SEAN F. DRISCOLL

Posted Aug. 23, 2014 at 2:00 AM

By SEAN F. DRISCOLL
Posted Aug. 23, 2014 at 2:00 AM

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FALMOUTH — A string of reported assaults, including one alleged attempt to shoot a man with a bow and arrow, led to the arrest of two Falmouth residents early Friday morning.

According to Falmouth police, the night of mayhem began at 9 p.m. Thursday with an assault inside Wal-Mart, 137 Teaticket Highway, East Falmouth, where police found a 29-year-old man with head trauma. Police learned the man had been in a fight with Robert Green, 35, who allegedly punched him, knocked him out and then stomped on his head before fleeing.

About two hours later, police were called to Windfall Market at 77 Scranton Ave. Two women who had been with Green moments earlier were fighting in the parking lot, and one, a 30-year-old East Falmouth resident, had been stabbed multiple times in the back. Her injuries were serious and she was taken by ambulance to a Boston-area hospital.

Then at about 12:30 a.m. Friday, police were called to Homestead Lane for a fight. During that incident, Green allegedly shot a bow and arrow at a man, narrowly missing him. He then fled the scene.

Officers were called back to Homestead Lane at 1:26 a.m. when Green returned to the residence, police said, and began smashing the windows and assaulted a 39-year-old Falmouth resident. Barnstable County Sheriff's Capt. Barney Murphy was on the scene almost immediately and placed Green under arrest. According to police, the incidents were not random and drugs and alcohol played a role in them. On Friday afternoon, Ariana Peterson, 24, turned herself in to Falmouth police in connection with the stabbing, Falmouth District Court records show.

Green and Peterson were both arraigned Friday in the Falmouth court. They were ordered held without bond, and each has a dangerousness hearing scheduled for Tuesday.

Green faces charges of armed assault to murder, malicious destruction of property and larceny, according to court records. Peterson faces charges of armed assault to murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and mayhem.